Dictionary of Hymnology

Learn hymn terms, meters, forms, and the history behind Christian worship music — curated for hymn lovers, worship leaders, and students.

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A fulness resides in Jesus our Head History John Fawcett's 1782 hymn on the sufficiency of Christ, first published in his collected hymns and later popul… A little child the Saviour came Hymn William Robertson’s beautiful 1861 baptismal hymn, which was historically misattributed in American hymnals t… A little flock! So calls He thee Hymn Horatius Bonar's expansive 1857 poem on the Church, published in Hymns of Faith and Hope and adapted into var… A. (Joseph Addison) History The signature "A." used to denote hymns by Joseph Addison in the Bristol Baptist Collection compiled by John … A. M. G. History The initials "A. M. G." (sometimes misprinted as "A. M. Gh") used in Thrupp's Psalms and Hymns (1853) to sign… A. T. History The signature "A. T." used in Joseph Francis Thrupp's Psalms and Hymns (1853) to sign the work of Adelaide Th… Above the clear blue sky Hymnology An account of John Chandler's popular children's hymn, featuring historical correspondence from the author re… According to Thy mercy, Lord Hymnology A structural and compilation profile of a composite Moravian hymn of supplication, tracing its multiauthor Ge… Again our earthly cares we leave History Hymnological record of the nineteenth-century worship hymn "Again our earthly cares we leave," arranged by Th… Again the Lord of life and light History Hymnological entry for Anna Laetitia Barbauld's Easter hymn "Again the Lord of life and light," tracing its p… All hail, Incarnate God History Overview of Elizabeth Scott's eighteenth-century hymn "All hail, Incarnate God," written on the glory and per… All is o'er; the pain, the sorrow History Detailed history of John Moultrie's Easter Eve hymn "All is o'er; the pain, the sorrow." All powerful, self-existent God Hymn Account of the anonymous eighteenth-century hymn "All powerful, self-existent God," based on Psalm 102. All ye that love the Lord, rejoice Hymnology Overview of Isaac Watts's paraphrase of Psalm 149, "All ye that love the Lord, rejoice," and his defense of i… Amidst the mighty, where is he Hymnology An entry on John Morison's metrical paraphrase of Lamentations 3:37–40 from the 1781 Scottish Translations an… And can my heart aspire so high Hymnology An entry on Anne Steele's hymn on filial submission based on Hebrews 12:7. And may I hope that when no more Hymnology An entry on Joseph Swain's 1792 hymn on trust in God. Angels where'er we go attend Hymnology An entry on two centos derived from Charles Wesley's text on the ministry of angels. As pants the hart for cooling springs Hymnology An entry on James Merrick's sixteen-stanza paraphrase of Psalm 42. As pants the hart for water-brooks Hymnology An entry on an anonymous Long Meter paraphrase of Psalm 42.